* Entropic forces: According to the second law of thermodynamics, a system progresses to a state in which entropy is maximized.

( See also Entropic gravity ).

* Entropic elasticity of an ideal chain

This rare phenomenon, scientifically known as ' Entropic Explosion ', is reminiscent of the rapid reaction that produces gas in the safety air-bags of cars during accidents.

* Boy on a Stick and Slither was featured in the article " Nihilism is Easy: the Theory of Entropic Narrative or Webcomics and the Death of Culture " for the " Webcomics Examiner ".

At a symposium at the Dutch Spinoza-institute on 8 December 2009 he introduced a theory of Entropic gravity.

However, as an unforeseen consequence, it leaves those still living unable to die, forcing the remaining heroes on Earth to resurrect Jude The Entropic Man as a means for dying.

* C. Bustamante, J. F. Marko, E. D. Siggia, and S. Smith ( 1994 ), " Entropic elasticity of lambda-phage DNA.

Besides helping to prevent the movement of the British to the west, Valley Forge also obstructed the trade between Howe's forces and the farmers, thus threatening the vital subsistence of the redcoats and rendering their foraging to obtain necessary supplies extremely hazardous.

These destructive forces also have a seriously adverse effect upon the watersheds and their life-supporting waterflows, and upon the other renewable forest resources.

This also pulls the tappet connected to the particular lever and forces any dogs seated in the notches to the side, thus moving one or more locking bars.

This also holds true if restorative forces are applied.

During the war, the Azeri armed forces were also aided by Turkish military advisers, and Russian, Ukrainian, Chechen and Afghan mercenaries.

The accord also had the advantage of protecting Alboin's rear, as an Avar-occupied Pannonia would make it difficult for the Byzantines to bring forces to Italy by land.

The means by which they marshaled the forces to defend against marauders also left the Anglo-Saxons vulnerable to the Vikings.

They also had a flag carrier at the front who guided the forces behind him ; when the flag was upright the combatants behind would stand and when turned down, they would sit.

The Court also ruled that the Minister of Defense is constitutionally not entitled to act in terrorism matters, as this is the duty of the state and federal police forces.

Many forces ' IFVs carry anti-tank missiles in every infantry platoon, and attack helicopters have also added anti-tank capability to the modern battlefield.

British and American forces also deployed vehicles designed for a close support role, but these were conventional tanks whose only significant modification was the replacement of the main gun with a howitzer.

The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by Singer from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced GWK and Calthorpe vehicles.

The drivers of the NDR are also called the motive forces and are defined as the elements within society that gain from the success of the NDR.

Artillery used by naval forces has changed significantly also, with missiles replacing guns in surface warfare.

The quarrels among Timur's descendants that threw Afghanistan into turmoil also provided the pretext for the intervention of outside forces.

He was the rabbinical advisor to the German occupying forces of Poland in the First World War and was also one of the founders of the World Agudath Israel movement.

In addition to these troops Belarus was the area of deployment for units subordinated directly to the USSR Defence Ministry and chiefs of different Soviet Armed Forces services, namely the 103rd Guards Airborne Division, the 38th Guards Airborne Brigade, the 11th corps of the 2nd Separate Air Defence Army, the 26th Air Army and also units and formations of the Strategic Rocket Forces, Long Range Aviation, the Navy and special forces.

The only forces immediately available for Vienna's defence were Prince Louis of Baden's force of 36, 000 stationed in the Lines of Stollhofen to watch Marshal Tallard at Strasbourg ; there was also a weak force of 10, 000 men under Field Marshal Count Limburg Styrum observing Ulm.

The Anglo-Dutch forces gained minor compensation for the failed Moselle campaign with the success at Elixheim and the crossing of the Lines of Brabant in the Spanish Netherlands ( Huy was also retaken on 11 July ), but a chance to bring the French to a decisive engagement had eluded Marlborough.

This early version of biological terrorism continued on into the 14th century where the bubonic plague was used to infiltrate enemy cities, both by instilling the fear of infection in residences, in hopes that they would evacuate, and also to destroy defending forces that would not yield to the attack.

After the battle was won, the inability to contain enemies who escaped death led to widespread epidemics affecting not only the enemy forces, but also surrounding regions ' inhabitants.

Boudica (; alternative spelling: Boudicca ), also known as Boadicea and known in Welsh as Buddug ( d. AD 60 or 61 ) was queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire.

The British also had an " enviable " contingent of motorised forces.

Montenegro's forces were just a few kilometeres away and also rushed to the battle.

But finding the sea guarded by a squadron of Octavian's ships, he retired to winter at Patrae while his fleet for the most part lay in the Ambracian Gulf, and his land forces encamped near the promontory of Actium, while the opposite side of the narrow strait into the Ambracian Gulf was also protected by a tower and a body of troops.

Puebloan tradition holds that the ancestors had achieved great spiritual power and control over natural forces, and used their power in ways that caused nature to change, and caused changes that were never meant to occur.

Apart from any acceleration that might occur in the direction of the path, the lower panel of the image above indicates the forces on the ball.

Electromagnetism is the branch of science concerned with the forces that occur between electrically charged particles.

# When a given style of production relations no longer supports further progress in the productive forces, either further progress is strangled, or ' revolution ' must occur.

Orbital decay can occur due to tidal forces for objects below the synchronous orbit for the body they're orbiting.

Dyson and Lenard did not consider the extreme magnetic or gravitational forces which occur in some astronomical objects.

Current predictions state that at around 10 < sup > 14 </ sup > GeV the three aforementioned forces are fused into a single unified field, Beyond this " grand unification ," it is speculated that it may be possible to merge gravity with the other three gauge symmetries, expected to occur at roughly 10 < sup > 19 </ sup > GeV.

Whereas Twilight 2000 was set in the immediate post-World War III era, with characters representing soldiers trying to survive, characters in Merc 2000 are mercenaries working for or against government forces in a world where the " Twilight War " involving nuclear weapons did not occur.

This force can be either gravitation in stars, magnetic forces in magnetic confinement fusion reactors, or the fusion reaction may occur before the plasma starts to expand, so in fact the plasmas inertia is keeping the material together.

Because landslides occur frequently and can represent some of the most destructive forces on earth, it is imperative to have a good understanding as to what causes them and how people can either help prevent them from occurring or simply avoid them when they do occur.

He saw the duty of economics was to improve material conditions, but such improvement would occur, Marshall believed, only in connection with social and political forces.

If consolidation occurs slowly, repulsive forces drive the material apart before a significant explosion can occur.

The emergence of political forces to replace fascism could not occur until the internal conflict ended and elections could be held.

Large overthrust faults occur in areas that have undergone great compressional forces.

The Outbound Flight Project, a Jedi expedition into deep space, is to be intercepted and destroyed by Palpatine ’ s forces, but before this could occur, they themselves are ambushed and nearly annihilated by Thrawn's border patrol on the edge of the Unknown Regions.

Flutter can occur in any object within a strong fluid flow, under the conditions that a positive feedback occurs between the structure's natural vibration and the aerodynamic forces.

Moreover, scales on which processes occur may determine the reactivity or otherwise of landscapes to changes in driving forces such as climate or tectonics.

Such damage can occur to friendly, neutral, and even enemy forces ".

These forces must be balanced for stable flight to occur.

Although some clashes with the Tsar's forces did occur, no one was injured on the opening day.

However sporadic violence still exists throughout the North Caucasus ; occasional bombings and ambushes targeting federal troops and forces of the regional governments in the area still occur.

In these situations rotational forces such as might occur in whiplash-type injuries are particularly important.

In the prescriptive sense, luck is a supernatural and deterministic concept that there are forces ( e. g. gods or spirits ) which prescribe that certain events occur very much the way laws of physics will prescribe that certain events occur.